Resuscitating overdose victims puts paramedics on the front line. They are looking forward to contributing to this latest effort.

“We’re going to make a concerted effort to generate more specific statistics targeting specific age groups – that sort of thing,” he said.

On March 20, they’ll hold their first meeting, hopefully forming a task force including community, and religious leaders, first responders and medical experts to look at what other communities wrestling with heroin problem are doing to see what might work in Mt. Lebanon.